fear for us, Mademoiselle," said he. "See how empty the streets
are, down below. None but the guard left, within half a mile."

It did indeed appear as if the whole population of the town and plain
was collected on the shores of the bay. Those who had thrown themselves
into the sea had to wait for a footing on land, unless they chose to
swim round the point--which some of them did. When at length the crowd
began to move up into the town, it was because the Commander-in-chief
was riding away, after having addressed the people.

"What have you been about, child?" exclaimed Monsieur Revel, an hour
after. "You are never beside me when I wake."

Euphrosyne did not point out that this was the first time she had failed
to watch his siesta. She said that she had been seeing the Commissary
set sail.

"What, already! He is in a great hurry, I think."

"The wind is quite fair, grandpapa. I suppose that is the reason why he
made all the ships in the harbour sail the same way. He has carried off
three frigates, and all the shipping in the roads. The sea is quite
clear, grandpapa. There is not a single sail in sight, all along, as
far as you can see. They are all off for France."

"What in the world made him do that?"

"Perhaps we shall hear, some day. To be sure, he had to carry a good
many people away with him."

"Did many whites go with him?"

"I do not know how many whites. They say fifteen hundred went
altogether; but many of these were mulattoes; and some few blacks, who
went for a frolic, and will come back again when they have seen France."

"Strange doings! Strange doings!" sighed the old man.

"And we shall have some glorious doings to-morrow, grandpapa. There was
a little bustle and struggle when the Commissary went away--I am glad
you were asleep, and did not hear it. There will be no more--there will
be no riot now, everybody says--the Commander-in-chief has behaved so
finely, and the people are so fond of him. The danger is all over; and
the town's-people have begged him--the Deliverer, as they call him--to
attend the great church to-morrow, in state. Te Deum will be sung in
all the churches, and it is to be a great fete-day. Are you not
pleased?"

"Not at all pleased that Hedouville is gone, and fifteen hundred of his
friends, and all the shipping."

"Well, but we are all at peace now, and everybody satisfied."

"Why are we here, then? Why am I not at home?"

"We will go home in a